Planning Firsts

Question 1

San Francisco, CA

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city that passed the first land use zoning restrictions on the location of noxious uses. First major city to adopt Burnham’s City Beautiful principles

Question 2

Cleveland, OH

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city that created the first local civic center plan in the US. Plan was created by Burnham, Carrere, and Brunner. Home to first federally supported public housing projects

Question 3

Hartford, CT

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city where first town planning board was created

Question 4

Chicago, IL

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city where first metropolitan regional plan was created by Burnham

Question 5

Wisconsin

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state that was the first to pass enabling legislation for regional plans

Question 6

Los Angeles, CA

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first city to use land use zoning to guide development

Question 7

Newark, NJ

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first city to fire a full-time employee for a city planning commission. Hired Haraland Bartholomew

Question 8

New York City, NY

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first city which adopted a comprehensive zoning code, written by Andrew Bassett

Question 9

Los Angeles County

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county to form the first regional planning commission

Question 10

Cinncinati, OH

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first major city in US to adopt a comprehensive plan, created by Bettman and Segoe

Question 11

Atlanta, GA

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city where first federally funded housing projects were occupied

Question 12

Hawaii

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first state to introduce statewide zoning

Question 13

Rayburn, NJ

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city known for Perry’s neighborhood unit concept and location of the first Garden City in America

Question 14

Arcosanti, AZ

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experimental utopian city by Soleri which focused on minimizing the impact of development on the natural environment